"The most important thing to me is just fair. When everybody is fair, no one holds anything back," Alexander said just hours before departing to Honolulu for the Pro Bowl. His status for the game is uncertain because of a sprained foot.

"It's one of those things where if you're trying to get a deal, then usually somebody has to sacrifice something. I don't think that we're in the situation where we don't have to be fair. We definitely can do everything correctly where everybody wins."

Alexander led the NFL in rushing this season with 1,880 yards and set a season touchdown record with 28. His 236 rushing yards were the most in the playoffs.

"I'm the only one in history to have done what I've done," he said. "It doesn't matter what Matt (Hasselbeck) and Walt (Jones) did. They do their jobs and they do their jobs very well, so their price is their price and they got what they deserve.

"Just the touchdown record and the years in a row with 1,000 yards and touchdowns, no one has ever done that before. It kind of sets the stage."

Jones, the Seahawks' All-Pro left tackle, spent the past four seasons as the team's designated franchise player before signing a seven-year deal last February that will pay at least $64 million.

The deal also included a signing bonus of about $15 million and put him among the highest-paid offensive linemen in the league.

Alexander clarified he is not comparing his offers to his teammates' deals.

"I would say (I want to be paid) higher than the average running back, definitely," he said.

Jones wants Alexander back.

"It is a tough situation," Jones said. "That is the business side of it and everybody is going to want to take care of themselves and make sure everything is right for them.

"Hopefully everything is getting done and everybody is back so we can make another run at this thing."

San Diego Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson signed a $60 million deal last season, one-third of which is guaranteed. Tomlinson is 26, two years younger than Alexander. But Alexander scored 10 more touchdowns than Tomlinson this season and 15 more than him over the past five seasons.

Does Alexander believe he needs to be the highest-paid running back?

"When you say high, do you mean signing bonus or do you mean as in three years or two years or four years or seven years? There are so many different things," Alexander said.

Does he mind going to another team and playing with a less heralded offensive line?

"No, no concern," he said.

Does he believe he will be a Seahawk next season?

"Yes, I have definitely said that several times. I want to be here and they want me here," Alexander said. "We have the means both ways to make it happen."